Advancing Health IT Interoperability: A Conversation with Dr. Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT
November 13, 2023
What are the key priorities for the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT? How is it transforming the adoption and use of health IT? How is the U.S. healthcare system progressing toward value-based care to improve quality and patient outcomes? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Michael Peckham, Acting Chief Financial Officer & Director, Financial Management Portfolio – US Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Support Center
November 15, 2021
How does the HHS’ Program Support Center (PSC) support the business of government? What is it doing to transform how it delivers services to its agency partners? How is it using emerging technologies to enhance its programs and services? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Michael Peckham Acting Chief Financial Officer & Director of the Financial Management Portfolio at HHS’ Program Support Center.
Dr. Donald Rucker, National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
January 4, 2021
What is the mission of the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT? How is it transforming the adoption and use of health IT? What are the critical opportunities in a digital health system? AND How has the pandemic impacted these efforts? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Dr. Donald Rucker, National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Jose Arrieta, Chief Information Officer, US Department of Health and Human Services
November 18, 2019
What is the HHS IT strategy? How is HHS changing the way the department does IT? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Jose Arrieta, Chief Information Officer, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Conversations with Authors: Jean Liedtka on the Uses of Design Thinking in Public Service
July 9, 2018
What is design thinking? How is design thinking being used to tackle public management challenges? Join us as we explore these questions and more with Prof. Jeanne Liedtka author of “Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector.”
Daniel Levinson, Inspector General, HHS
February 20, 2017
What are the key priorities for HHS’ OIG? What are the top management and performance challenges facing HHS? What are the characteristics of an effective inspector general? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Daniel Levinson, Inspector General of the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
Daniel Levinson, Inspector General, HHS
November 28, 2016
What are the key priorities for HHS’ OIG? What are the top management and performance challenges facing HHS? What are the characteristics of an effective inspector general? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Daniel Levinson, Inspector General of the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.
Paul S. Bartley, Deputy Assistant Secretary, HHS
May 23, 2016
What is shared services and its benefits? How does HHS’s Program Support Center manage the business of government? How is PSC using technology to streamline operations, increase efficiencies, and reduce costs? Join host Michael Keegan and he explores these questions and so much more with Paul Bartley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Support at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and director of its Program Support Center.
The Business of Government Magazine – Fall 2015 Edition
December 21, 2015
From forging a unity of effort in homeland security to strategizing today how to field the U.S. Army of tomorrow; to pursuing affordable housing, eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare, and securing cyberspace, this issue of The Business of Government magazine delves into a diverse set of topics and public management issues facing us today.
A Conversation with Paul S. Bartley
November 11, 2013
Paul S. Bartley is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Program Support in the Department of Health and Human Services. The Program Support Center (PSC) provides more than 60 products and services on a competitive, fee-for-service basis for HHS, as well as approximately 14 other executive departments and 20 independent Federal Agencies. Mr. Bartley is also the Director of the Program Support Center, a federal shared services operation hosted at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. As Director, he oversees the management and delivery of over 40 services and products to PSC’s customers worldwide.
Prior to becoming Director of the PSC, Mr. Bartley served as Deputy Director of the PSC. Before this, he worked for L-3 Communications, where he led a media program that included a diverse 75+ member project team with a budget of $16 million. Prior to that, he was Chief of Staff to the Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau and Senior Advisor for Management to the Director of Voice of America. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bartley served as a senior manager at Ernst & Young, a professional services firm.
Mr. Bartley is a Certified Public Accountant, and holds an M.A. in Accounting and B.A. in Business, both earned from the University of Texas at Austin.
A Conversation with Farzad Mostashari, M.D.
September 16, 2013
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM serves as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Farzad joined ONC in July 2009.
Previously, he served at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as Assistant Commissioner for the Primary Care Information Project, where he facilitated the adoption of prevention-oriented health information technology by over 1,500 providers in underserved communities. Dr. Mostashari also led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded NYC Center of Excellence in Public Health Informatics and an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded project focused on quality measurement at the point of care. Prior to this he established the Bureau of Epidemiology Services at the NYC Department of Health, charged with providing epidemiologic and statistical expertise and data for decision making to the health department.
He did his graduate training at the Harvard School of Public Health and Yale Medical School, internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and completed the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. He was one of the lead investigators in the outbreaks of West Nile Virus and anthrax in New York City, and among the first developers of real-time electronic disease surveillance systems nationwide.
A Conversation with Bryan Sivak
May 13, 2013
Bryan Sivak joined HHS as the Chief Technology Officer in July 2011. In this role, he is responsible for helping HHS leadership harness the power of data, technology, and innovation to improve the health and welfare of the nation.
Previously, Bryan served as the Chief Innovation Officer to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, where he has led Maryland’s efforts to embed concepts of innovation into the DNA of state government. He has distinguished himself in this role as someone who can work creatively across a large government organization to identify and implement the best opportunities for improving the way the government works.
Prior to his time with Governor O’Malley, Bryan served as Chief Technology Officer for the District of Columbia, where he created a technology infrastructure that enhanced communication between the District’s residents and their government, and implemented organizational reforms that improved efficiency, program controls, and customer service. Bryan previously worked in the private sector, co-founding InQuira, Inc., a multi-national software company, in 2002, and Electric Knowledge LLC, which provided one of the world’s first Natural Language Search engines available on the web in 1998.
An Interview with Dr. David Blumenthal, HHS
May 12, 2010
Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be our guest on “The Business of Government Hour.”
Listen now: http://www.businessofgovernment.org/audio/david_blumenthal_abcd.mp3
Kamal Bherwani Discusses the Future
January 4, 2010
Kamal Bherwani, Chief Information Officer & Executive Director of HHS-Connect,
New York City Health and Human Services, discusses the plans for the future.
Kamal Bherwani Discusses Management Challenges
January 4, 2010
Kamal Bherwani, Chief Information Officer & Executive Director of HHS-Connect
New York City Health and Human Services discusses the management challenges surrounding HHS -Connect.
Kamal Bherwani Discusses HHS-Connect
January 4, 2010
Learn more about HHS-Connect.
Learn about Kamal Bherwani’s career.
Dr. Clancy tells us how the public is getting value from AHRQ’s investments.
September 22, 2009
With all of the investments discussed today, learn what the steps to insure the public is getting value from these public investments.
Dr. Clancy tells us about Comparative Effectiveness Research
September 22, 2009
The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated about 1.1 billion dollars for comparative effectiveness research, with some $300,000,000 dedicated to the agency. Learn what Comparative Effectiveness Research is and what AHRQ’s role is in pursuing this research and the priority conditions undergoing such research.
Listen to Dr. Clancy tell us what is quality in healthcare.
September 22, 2009
Learn about what is quality in healthcare.
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